Opinion: Will Peace Talks Sink Colombia’s President?

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I ... the ... welcome back to Opinion Journal why Mary Kissel ... the just what it ... says here in the United States there may be one coming up in South America to specifically along the app ... the first round of presidential voting that did not produce a clear winner ... and Colombians are going to the polls again this weekend's what's gonna happen ... I've got America's Thomas Mary Anastasia O'Grady here to talk about it said Mary ... I present to a one minute Wilsons hosts ... not really a surprise that even when the first round and in the soul of oh no I don't think anyone expected him when first round ... what I was surprised about was that I didn't do that any day any new fifty percent plus one do when ... I thought that he would ... not ... get less than that but he said he wouldn't get better and he only got a little bit more than twenty five percent of the cast of that now that your column earlier this week to free up but the beest dot com ... I've talked about the influence of the key stocks so ... far on the selection ... I it did did so ... she's doubled down by announcing another round of talks with a different group ... in these last hours well he's trying to convince the quantity and public that if they vote for him if they relax and ... that he will negotiate a peace with ... God the grower groups that have been ... I'm ... really into the balance of the country for more than fifty years ... so he's been talking with one group I well known as the Fark by its Spanish initials ... um before I three years now almost three years a long time and on and initially said he was going in and talk to them for a matter of months he was an intellect and string them along ... on and there's another group that smaller than the Fark of the al and ... and yes this week he announced that out by the way I he has agreed to talk to them about topics ... and you know that's been greeted with a lot of skepticism on probably only from people who are skeptical of scientists in the first place but it's added to the skepticism because ... I'm Mike said Lucio reminisce who came in third in the election ... and was minister of defense for president every day ... says that on the government's been talking to the ill and about the potential for talks for a long time ... and so you know this is seen as a very cynical thing that the president did this week to try to ... convince people that he is the guidance and bring peace so it's the it's the it's the loses ... what happens that the thing about the challengers to live that way he represents ... so I that that is not backed by a farmer present every day and on I think London's expect from his rhetoric ... then he would pursue the same kind of ideas that present or read a aam pursued which is to be very tough militarily to prosecute the war with everything ... that Colombia has ... and on it's a good idea to set a good strategy well I mean go into you know there's another part to which they read only said that he was willing to talk to paramilitary ... and to add to grow up but that they had to put down their weapons and said you wanna come in from out of the call ... he gave them mom of a certain package where they had to do less ... jail time than they really should have ... aam and some of the many D mobilize during his government ... so I think the little adult will continue to on off for that oh what he will do is ... you know have this you're reading of peace talks in Havana they really are getting nowhere ALM and DOT ... to present the image of the far as being reasonable and just wanting to come to some agreement ... when really they're just drug trafficking criminal just drug trafficker goals for the wide selection of great interest America's comes Mary decision O'Grady thank you so much thanks Mary reaching joining us